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House Republicans appear to be stuck

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Monday August 12, 2013 6:24 AM

It’s difficult to live a stress-free life while worrying about heavy topics like the
degeneration of our middle class, the flow of high-tech jobs overseas, the flattening of economic
growth, climate change and the lack of sufficient revenue contribution from our top 2 percent.

In today’s hectic world, we sometimes need to settle in and seek consistency on our lives.

Thankfully, the Republican House has reached the pinnacle of consistency, and at the same time
ignoring those important issues that could cause them to actually think, thereby causing them
stress.

Despite the fact that the Affordable Care Act, which in essence was originally proposed by
Republican Newt Gingrich and implemented at state level by Republican Mitt Romney, was duly
legislatively passed, signed into law by a president who has since been re-elected and later
legitimized by a conservative-leaning Supreme Court; despite the fact that millions have gained
insurance coverage; despite the fact that now no one can have his insurance dropped; despite the
fact that several states say insurance rates will drop dramatically as a result; despite the fact
that their votes have zero chance of having any result; and despite the fact that their votes have
cost Americans $50 million according to one estimate, the House has achieved remarkable consistency
by voting 40 times to repeal Obamacare.